title: Some thoughts on personal living environments as new diagnostic and therapeutic areas.
abstract: Some thoughts on personal living environments as new diagnostic and therapeutic areas are presented, considering the following aspects: current potentials for diagnosis and therapy in personal living environments, consequences for care processes and for health information systems architectures and infrastructures, and informational self-determination and privacy. They may stimulate further discussion on respective research.
authors.affiliation: Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics (PLRI), University of Braunschweig Institute of Technology, and Hannover Medical School, Germany.
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haux
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marschollek
authors.forename: Klaus-Hendrik
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*